Kevin Butler’s Players of the Game

by Kevin Butler

Kevin Butler, former University of
Georgia legendary kicker and a
member of the Georgia radio broadcast
team, will each week during the
2012 football season select his offensive,
defensive and special teams
players of the week for Bulldawg Illustrated.
Here are Butler’s selections
and reasons why for the
Bulldogs’ 29-24 win over Kentucky in
Lexington Saturday night.

OFFENSE – Junior quarterback
Aaron Murray, who enjoyed a
sensational night, setting the
school career touchdown pass
record with 75 while completing
a career-high 30 passes for a
career-high 427 yards and four
touchdowns. Also, he set a
school record for best completion
percentage in a game with
at least 30 completions. He had
a 78.95 mark, breaking current
offensive coordinator Mike
Bobo’s mark of 76.92 vs. Ga.
Tech in 1997 when he was 30-
of-39.
“Aaron Murray was the offensive
highlight, setting the Bulldog record
for completion percentage,” said
Butler. “His accuracy was at an alltime
high even as our rushing game
was non-existent. Most of the time
when a team’s running game is not
working the quarterback has to deal
with that extra pressure and Aaron
did it perfectly Saturday night in
Lexington. His being very accurate
on the short and long passes enabled
Georgia to outscore their opponent
and go 4-1 in the SEC.”

DEFENSE – Freshman outside
linebacker Jordan Jenkins, who
filled in admirably for sidelined
All-America Jarvis Jones with
several tackles including onefor-
loss in the close win over
the Wildcats.
“True freshman Jordan Jenkins got
his second start in the absence of
Jarvis Jones,” said Butler. “He plays
tremendously hard on every play; he
is an intelligent player as well as a
physical player which is going to
play the most important role in the
game with Florida coming up Saturday.”

SPECIAL TEAMS – Sophomore
defensive back and special
teams standout Connor Norman,
who made a diving recovery of
Kentucky’s onside kick with less
than four minutes remaining
after the Wildcats had pulled
within 29-24 of the Bulldogs.
“With his continued hustle on the
coverage teams, Connor is a leader
on the specialty teams as a captain,”
said Butler. “His recovery of the onside
kick late in the game helped
seal the victory for the Bulldogs, and
we will need a spectacular game
from him this week for our specialty
teams to be able to compete with
Florida.”

Tagged: kevin butler, uga football, georgia sports news, georgia football